In this week's blog we look at how the Tribute performs for a family that is considering entering the motorhome market. We took the "Diaz" family, Mum Reina, Dad Tomas, Son Leo (11) and Daughter Sol (8) to Camp Bestival in Dorset for 4 days of family festival fun.

Our #ArcticAdventure documentary is almost ready, and here is another sneak preview to wet your winter appetites in preparation for what CaravanTimes is calling "the most anticipated Arctic Adventure story of all time".

You may be aware that a few lucky members of the CaravanTimes team have been traveling in two Bailey Pursuits and an Autograph motorhome to the Arctic Circle with Bailey of Bristol and the Caravan and Motorhome Club on an Arctic Adventure.

The #ArcticAdventure is at its halfway point, the team has successfully reached the Arctic Circle in Finland, overcoming a number of obstacles, including gruelingly long days of driving and crossing frozen lakes.

This #ArcticAdventure is gathering pace and the team is making great progress travelling eastwards across Europe, towards the Arctic Cirlce. One problem that the team tackle on a daily basis is fitting in meal breaks while keeping to their grueling travel schedule.

You may have noticed a lot of coverage of the Arctic Adventure on our website over the past few weeks. For those who have missed it - Bailey of Bristol are celebrating the launch of there new Pursuit range are taking two Pursuit caravans and their Autograph motorhome from the Millbrook testing facility in Northampton to the Millbrook winter testing facility in Ivalo, Finlnd. Yep, that's in the Arctic Circle.

For some at Bailey of Bristol this winter hasn't been cold enough in the UK, so in association with The Caravan and Motorhome Club, accompanied by a crew from CaravanTimes, Bailey and friends have set off for the Arctic circle to test out three of their Bailey leisure vehicles.

When most new caravans are released at the end of summer we have to wait a while for the new Pursuit 2 but it has launched this week and will be on display to the public at the February NEC caravan, camping and motorhome show.

We all know that caravans are a target for would be thieves and vandals. What you may not expect is for someone to try and pinch a towcar, swap the plates over and then have a police chase with a caravan attached. Some people really do not care for the rules of the road.

Hull based caravan manufacturers have seen a huge rise in sales following what has been a tough time period for the industry as a whole. They have also seen more success as KABE have purchased a percentage of the business.

At CaravanTimes we recently had a Benimar Tessoro 483 on test for a couple of weeks. We have done just over 2000 miles in the Tessoro and tested in various ways - as you will find out in our inspiration features coming up. But before we give you some ideas of where and why you should use a motorhome like the Tessoro we wanted to bring some information on the Tessoro range and the very interesting 483.

So as most of our readers will know, the CaravanTimes team were lucky enough to be part of Bailey of Bristols, Bristol to the Bosphoros trip. Travelling 21 countries in 21 days the team did a fantastic job to take the 2 caravans and motorhome cross-continental.